I know what you're thinking, PDA. Well, you're wrong. I'm not talking about a physical display of affection. I am talking about the how throughout middle and high school teachers have held your hands. We all have been practically spoon fed how to get through school and we didn't need to depend on ourselves too much those years. I would argue that hasn't benefitted our transition to college rather it has made us less creative, and less independent always counting on others as our fall back. Even creating a figurative lazy virus that has sickened many of us and left us sitting around wanting someone else to do our responsibilities.

I remember every day of middle school how each of my teachers would make sure we had our assignments and that we had all the necessary materials ready at our desk. I remember the first day of middle school, sixth, seventh and eighth-grade year. The teachers would help you get to your classrooms and make sure you weren't in the wrong one. You had assigned times to read and do your work and you never had a second to actually lose focus on school. Then the jungle of high school came barging into your life, but again the school held our hands.

Making sure on sick days that students still got the work they needed and teaching us it was okay to skip as long as you have a note explaining why you weren't there. Or how when you came back they gave you extra days to turn in your work and makeup assignments. But for I am really realizing now as I am headed into college that this has been a curse in disguise.

I've been taught that it's okay to always lean on others and that I can put off my responsibilities for later. I can't just skip out on college classes, that's my own money I would be wasting. College doesn't have sick days, work isn't just sitting there for you to make up once you're better you go to class no matter what. The professor won't come searching for you to turn in papers, and your mom won't be there to pick you up when you get a cold. College is about our independence and freedom and primary education has in no way truly prepared us for that.

We want everything handed to us and we have an attitude of we "deserve" this or that. But that is far from the truth, we don't deserve anything but rather we must work for everything. College is about self-discovery and learning who we are and where we fit in this world. The walk in the park that we are given by teachers and staff I know is meant for good but I think the end result perpetuates a lack of personal dependency once we exit our school system headed for secondary schooling.